Seasoning-machine.



G. W. BAKER.

SEASONING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 22, 1915.

1,162,547. Patented Nov. 30, 1915.

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GEORGE w. BAKER, or WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, issIeNoR roe. w. ergen Macrame COMPANY, or WILMINeToN, DELAWARE, .e coRronATioN or DELAWARE.

SEASONING-MAGHINE.

Specification of Lette'rsPatent.

Patented Nov. 3%, 1915.

Application filed May 22, 1915. Serial N 0. 29,888.

mington, inthe county of New Castle and State of Delaware, have made a certain'new and useful Invention In Seasonmg- Ma- ..chines; and I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the the brushes. Fig. Si is a detail top plan view of the metal table.

The invention has relation to seasoning machines or machines for coating leather with a seasoning liquid, and it consists in the novel construction and combinations of parts, as hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, illustra ing the invention, the numeral 2 designates a seasoning machine of the endless band type, having the following principal parts: An endless band 3, usually composed of layers of canvas, coated with rubber, upon which the skins are carried to the coating roller 4: and the three rubbingin brush rollers 5, 6 and 7. A feed pan 8, engaged by a grooved feed roller 9, the seasoning liquid in the grooves of the roller being taken ofl by the brush roller 4, located immediately thereunder and in contact therewith. An overflow pan 10, under the machine, from which the liquid is pumped automatically through pipes 11 to the feed pan 8 above the coating roller. A feed table 13, suitable drive mechanism 14 and guards 15 and 16.

In the seasoning, after the skins are run through the machine to apply the seasoning liquid and rub it in to fill up the pores, the skins are dried, and then glazed by a suitable machine to bring up a gloss, after which the skins are run through the coating machine a second time, then glazed again, and these operations repeated as found necessary.

It is very important that the skins shall be coated with the seasoning liquid free Fig. 3 is a detail from streaks-orblemish marks of any kind, and it is likewise important that the skins shallnot be kickedor trippedup by the rapidly revolving brush rollers, which would result in the fleshside being turned over and the seasoning liquidpartly applied thereto.

It is anobject of the present invention to avoid these objections.

In other machines endless wires are strung through the brush rollers, which wear grooves in the brush strands, resulting in defective work.

The present invention consists, therefore, mainly in substantially horizontal guide members or wires a, ,spacedapart from each other in transverse series between the rubbing-in brush rollers and at the rear of the last rubbing-inbrush roller, these wires extending ,usually close to the rollers and from roller to roller,.to bridge the intervals therebetween. Inorder to provide asuitable carrierfor these guide wires they are usually each bent. into triangular form, each wire having lateral converging arms Z), 6, engaging a perforation c of a transverse bar (Z,- havi-ngsupport at its ends in the frame of the machine. And in order to prevent the forward ends of the guide wires from catching in holes that sometimes occur in the skins, each transverse series of guide wires is provided with a cross-wire e, located in the forward loops f of the wires. The guide wires, while substantially horizontal, have a slight inclination,being higher at their forward ends, to allow the skins to readily pass thereunder.

It is desirable to provide some means to prevent adherence of the endless band to the stationary metal table 17, over which the band passes, owing to the limpid seasoning liquid running under the band and upon the table, and for this purpose the stationary table is provided with longitudinal grooves g, 9, leading into end grooves h, 71, lessening the surface contact and carrying off the surplus liquid.

1 claim l. The combination with a machine of the character described having an endless feed band and brush rollers overlying said band, of means for holding the skins down to said band including substantially horizontal stationary members located adjacent to out of contact with and bridging the intervals between said rollers and having upwardly extending arms, and a cross bar engaged by and carrying said arms.

2. The combination with a machine of the character described, having an endless feed band and brush rollers overlying said band, of means for holding the skins down to said band including a transverse series of substantially horizontal stationary members spaced apart from each other and located adjacent to out of contact With and bridging the intervals between said rollers and having upwardly extending converging lateral arms, and a cross bar engaged by and carrying said arms.

3. The combinationwith a machine of the character described, having an endless feed band and brush rollers overlying said band, of means for holding the skins down to said band, including transverse series of substantially horizontal stationary wires spaced apart from each other, located adjacent to out of contact with and bridging the inter vals between the rollers, said wires having upwardly extending arms, and cross bars engaged by and carrying said arms.

4. The combination with a machine of the character described, having an endless feed band and brush rollers overlying said band, of means for holding the skins down to said band including substantially horizontal sta tionary members located adjacent to out of contact With and bridging the intervals between said rollers and having upwardly extending arms, a cross bar engaged by and carrying said arms, and a transverse rod connecting the forward ends of said members.

5. In a machine of the character described, having an endless feed band and brush rollers overlying said band, means for holding the skins down to said band including substantially horizontal stationary Wires in transverse series spaced apart from each other and located adjacent to out of contact with and bridging the intervals between said rollers and having upwardly extending arms, cross bars engaged by and carrying said arms, and transverse Wires connecting the forward ends of said horizontal Wires. V r

6. The combination with a machine of the character described, having an endless feed band and brush rollers overlying said band, of a stationary metal table underlying said band and provided With grooves extending from end to end thereof to lessen the surface contact between band and table, and

end grooves connecting the first named grooves to carry off the surplus liquid.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

in presence of two Witnesses.

GEORGE W. BAKER.

Witnesses:

CHARLES P. COLTON, E. M. CRAIG.

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Washington, D. G. 

